Tyrer 1998.

Methods	Allocation: randomised, sealed envelopes. Blindness: single (researchers). Follow up: 12 months.
Participants	Diagnosis: schizophrenia (86), bipolar affective disorder (20), depressive disorder (24), other (25) (DSM‐III, ICD‐10, OPCRIT). History: >1 admission in last 3 years. N=155*. Age: range 16‐65 years. Setting: urban.
Interventions	1. 'Community team': multidisciplinary community based team, treatment at home\other appropriate setting. N=82. 2. Standard hospital treatment: care plans & reviews organised from hospital base. N=73.
Outcomes	Death**. Hospital admission. Leaving the study early. Days in hospital. Police contacts. Unable to use ‐ Mental state: BAS, CPRS, HADS, MADRAS (no SD). Social Function: SFQ (no SD). Global assessment: GAF (no SD). Costs of care. (no usable data).
Notes	* Randomisation at point of discharge from hospital. ** 1 accidental death considered 'suspicious circumstances' for this review. Contact reviewer = trial author. No data collected on patient satisfaction.
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	B ‐ Unclear

General
 F1 psychosis = Medical Subject Heading Codes.
 ICD‐10 = 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases.
 OPD = Out patient department.
 SCL ‐ Syndrome Check List
 SCALES

Mental state
 BAS = Brief Rating Scale for Anxiety.
 BPRS = Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale.
 CPRS = Comprehensive Psychpathological Rating Scale.
 MADRAS = Montgomery and Asberg Depression Rating Scale.
 OPCRIT = Operational Criterea for diagnosing Severe Mental Illness.
 PEF = Psychiatric Evaluation Form.
 PSE = Present State Examination (to measure clinical symptoms).

Family buden
 FEF = Family Evaluation Form.

Functioning
 GAF = Global Assessment of Functioning
 HSRS = Health Sickness Rating Scale (to measure a persons functioning).
 PEF = Psychiatric Evaluation Form.
 SFQ = Social Functioning Questionaire.
 SFS = Social Functioning Schedule.